“It’s really hard to find time to do politics with all that going on.”

What with Brexit, country-wide industrial action, Donald Trump, increased global terror attacks, and support for his own party at a historic low, it had been thought that the Labour leader might actually find himself rather busy at the moment.

“I think that’s a little unfair,” continued the spokesperson.

“Jeremy’s frightfully busy; he’s taking down the Christmas decorations, made a nice soup with the Christmas leftovers, and…um, oh, he’s had to catch up with Strictly on iPlayer because he was watching X-Factor.

“Busy, busy, busy.”

The spokesperson could not be certain of exactly what it is that Mr Corbyn is considering doing.